Film hanging in there

[mtbbrian]

I think, that film will still be around through the rest of my life time..
I am a 40 something photography that has been doing photography for nearly 27 years now, shoot film exclusively.
It will become more challenging to process, commercially anyway, the lab I take mine to, only does film two days a week now, but I think more and more people will start to process their film at home..
Brian

[GB1]

The last custom lab here in San Diego, Chrome Digital, is reorganizing now. They're shutting down their film processing offering and only doing printing. The original owners are retiring and some of the former staff will carry on under the same name.

Film volume was one issue, but another important thing was that their main machine is designed to use a particular type of 35mm slide frame, and the German company that makes that type just went out of business. I pick up my last roll tomorrow, and it will be unmounted.

Thankfully there are several camera stores left here that can develop film, so I can still get my 120mm film processed.

I think the new Chrome Digital may do OK w/ printing only. They're cutting down to half the square footage they currently have and only half the workers.

G